How the hell do you keep up with Zelda and AC??

[Iwatasan]

Originally Posted by DESOUL

I thought of going after ff stuff exclusively, but then they released 11, 12, 13,13,13 and 15 doesnt look that good for me either, so i gave up.
Not into ass creed.
Zelda has so much and everything (even a tiny little pin) costs way too much
so.... i got nothing XD random stuff here and there made a policy to only buy from games I really like, and not buy if i havent played a game

Some may disagree, but DESOUL's policy seems sound to me. Why collect a video game if you haven't actually played it before? There are much cheaper things to collect if you just want something to collect. Relating that to the original question, if you haven't yet played every game in a franchise, don't start out by collecting the most expensive editions from that series---you might eventually play some game in the series that totally turns you off of it and you'd be out all that money. So again my advice is: unsealed standard editions from a single region for starters; get to know the series before you go all in. If you don't own the older consoles to play them on, all the old Zelda titles are also available on Virtual Console.

Once you have a complete set of the canon games, you can: work up from unsealed standard editions to CIB, Sealed, and Mint/Sealed; start collecting re-release versions (e.g., Classic NES Series LoZ1); start collecting the more expensive variants and CEs; start collecting other regions; or just go straight from unsealed standard editions to collecting soundtracks, statues, or whatever type of merch you like best. There is some really good Zelda merch out there amidst a lot of shit merch but it's up to you where to draw the line.

[KnightOfTruth]

Yeah, having had a much bigger Zelda merch collection before, even I've limited myself to just things that I find "neat" now. That's pretty much statues, SOME figures, trading cards, CIB games (US region only unless its a "CE"), some posters, promo items/pre-order bonuses, soundtracks, and either "rare" or "cheap" things that I like... well, after typing all that out maybe I haven't really limited myself enough haha I don't collect other region games or clothing or posters/art that cost too much... I guess the "don't collect" list is shorter than the "do collect" list in this case

Your point has been made!